Oh, I was so proud of myself as a lover Before you came, I never begged no girl to love her Out of the eight million people in the city I chose you, and you're not even pretty Oh, I was the number one, I'm in it too This time it's no one, it isn't me, it's you You make me do things I don't wanna do You make me do things I don't wanna do Every time you're away, you make me think of her Honey, honey, isn't me, I say, with no dignity at all Oh, I'm trying hard to keep the upper hand But now I'm losing my ground as a man Today the sharpest looking girl came around For the first time in my life, I turned one down I loved this girl and went on to the next one But I can't find no one better than the best one You make me do things I don't wanna do You make me do things I don't wanna do Every time you're away, you make me think of her Honey, honey, isn't me, I say, with no dignity at all Listen honey, I fight myself But I fight a losing battle I try to tell my fool self That you don't matter, no, no You're number one as a lover I'm number two alcoholic to recover You make me do things I don't wanna do You make me do things I don't wanna do Oh, yeah Oh, yeah I don't want to do things I don't wanna do But you make me do things I don't wanna do Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Oh, yeah